The watch supports continuous heart rate monitoring, and you can choose the frequency of monitoring in the app, the higher the frequency, the higher the battery drain. The Amazfit GTR 2 is 50 metres water-resistant, so you can wear it for a swim without a worry. The good part is, it doesn’t report false steps. The steps counter is a little slow to react when indoors, but thanks to the multiple sensors present here, it does a more than decent job, though the steps count is slightly on the conservative side. While it tracks your outdoor activities perfectly courtesy of the GPS module, the indoor tracking isn’t too bad either. The Amazfit GTR 2 can track 12 different kinds of workouts indoor and outdoor – from walking and running to cycling, swimming and more. Fairly reliable fitness trackingĪs a fitness tracker, this watch offers plenty of options. That said, there is no option yet to stream music directly from any online platforms. This watch lets you store up to 3 GB of audio files and control music playback. You can opt to receive notifications from almost all apps on your phone, along with event reminders and weather updates. However, you cannot reply from the watch. The screen is large enough to read all the notifications and messages you choose to enable.
Alternatively, you can route the call to a Bluetooth headset from the watch. In fact, the watch has microphones and a speaker, and you can have a quick conversation from the watch itself if the phone isn’t at hand the quality is barely passable, though. The Amazfit GTR 2 lets you answer or reject calls from the watch screen. Like most fitness watches not based on popular platforms like Wear OS or Tizen, there are limited smartwatch options and no app ecosystem.
The other button gives you access to all workout modes. One of the physical buttons acts as a shortcut for all watch functions and also doubles up as a home button. It is quite easy to use, and all you need to do is swipe down on the screen for settings, swipe up to access notifications, and swipe left or right to browse through functions such as heart rate, weather info, music playback and daily goals progress. There is little to complain about with the watch UI, though. Currently, one needs to go looking for certain options across multiple tabs. It can do with a refresh and needs to be a bit more intuitive, too, with related settings grouped together. The app interface hasn’t undergone much of a change over the last couple of years and feels a bit dated. Beyond the initial configuration, you mainly need it to add more watch faces, set your fitness goals, get daily/weekly/monthly fitness reports and manage alerts and notifications. The overreliance on the app has gone down significantly in comparison to the last GTR. You can control several aspects of the watch like adjusting the screen brightness and activity selection from the screen itself, but certain watch settings can be accessed and configured only from the app. It may take a bit of time initially, but once it is set up, things work smoothly.
Sharp AMOLED display with a variety of watch facesĪs with all Amazfit watches, you need to download the Zepp app, add your device on it and sync it over Bluetooth. A couple of physical buttons grant you quick access to the watch’s features and fitness modes, along with the touchscreen.
The watch is extremely comfortable to wear for long hours, and the strap material doesn’t cause sweating or skin irritation even after prolonged use. You have the freedom to replace it with any third-party 22 mm strap you like, which is a good thing. Despite the sturdy steel construction, the company has managed to keep the GTR 2’s weight to under 40 grams (without straps).Īmazfit has done away with the brown leather-like strap on the GTR and replaced it with an all-black faux leather strap on the GTR 2. It has a round dial and a stainless-steel body. The designers have smartly put minute markers on the periphery that nicely blend in with several analogue watch faces, making the watch feel completely bezel-less. The GTR 2 takes the finesse a notch higher by making the watch look almost bezel-less courtesy of a curved glass that encompasses the outer ring, too. I am still quite fond of the Amazfit GTR’s design, and it remains one of the best-looking fitness watches in the sub-Rs 15,000 segment.